Agric & Biotech

Economically sustainable seed businesses to transform cassava production

Nigeria is the largest producer of cassava in the world with a production of about 54 million tons, but its yield per hectare of...

GMOs: When HOMEF, media debated biosafety, agric biotech

The task of ensuring that science responds to popular needs of society should be the major challenge that scientists have to overcome. While that...

Federal varsity partners group on food security

As a means of supporting the call for economic diversification through agriculture in order to ensure food security, generate employment and increase foreign exchange...

GM cotton: Burkina Faso settles dispute with Monsanto

Burkina Faso's cotton companies and growers seem to have settled their long dispute with Monsanto Seed Company over their revenue losses allegedly caused by...

‎GMOs: Senegal supports adoption of agric biotech

President Macky Sall of Senegal has thrown his weight behind the adoption of agricultural biotechnology in the country. He made the declaration during the 2017...

Vicious circle of drought, forest loss in the Amazon

Logging that happens today and potential future rainfall reductions in the Amazon could push the region into a vicious dieback circle. If dry seasons...

Ogun battles illegal logging, urges tree planting

The Ogun State Government has called on "Baales" and other community leaders in the three senatorial districts to partner government in tackling nefarious activities...

GMOs: What we eat must not eat us

Nnimmo Bassey, Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF, in his welcome words) at the Media Training on Biosafety (themed: “Promoting Biosafety in...

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Minister urges NUPENG’s new president to sustain gains

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr. Muhammed Dangyadi, has urged new NUPENG president, Salimon Akanni Oladiti, to sustain...
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Countries urge Santa Marta Conference to recognise need for new legal instrument on fair fossil fuel phase out

A three-day Senior Officials and Ministerial meeting of the highest ambition coalition pushing for an equitable global fossil fuel...

Lagos unveils ‘Library on the Lagoon’ to promote blue economy

The Lagos State Government has strengthened its environmental sustainability drive with the introduction of the "Library on the Lagoon",...

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Minister urges NUPENG’s new president to sustain gains

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr. Muhammed Dangyadi,...
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